Crop-loss band · Georgia
Brooks County, Georgia — crop-loss band
- 2.23Low end of the filed band
- 2.77Middle of the filed band
- 3.29High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (3.47)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Brooks County is in the series below, from 2015 to 2024. Read across those years the county’s annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 2.23 at the low end to 3.29 at the high end, with 2.77 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2016, at 3.47. The band points are years the county actually ran, never a figure interpolated between two of them.
The county’s year-by-year record
| Year | Premium | Indemnity | Liability | Policies | Policies with a loss | Loss ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $301,692 | $836,640 | $2,225,559 | 56 | 56 | 2.77 |
| 2016 | $142,804 | $495,269 | $1,159,542 | 30 | 30 | 3.47 |
| 2017 | $1,078,786 | $3,129,164 | $7,853,629 | 134 | 134 | 2.90 |
| 2018 | $549,480 | $1,239,664 | $3,680,326 | 69 | 69 | 2.26 |
| 2019 | $662,529 | $1,910,974 | $4,811,615 | 102 | 102 | 2.88 |
| 2020 | $687,437 | $1,767,642 | $7,931,587 | 133 | 133 | 2.57 |
| 2021 | $871,494 | $2,870,681 | $7,490,589 | 87 | 87 | 3.29 |
| 2022 | $2,722,341 | $6,119,787 | $14,426,847 | 179 | 179 | 2.25 |
| 2023 | $2,951,744 | $6,589,676 | $14,360,280 | 288 | 288 | 2.23 |
| 2024 | $5,336,250 | $14,991,149 | $31,749,035 | 652 | 652 | 2.81 |
Commodities insured in Brooks County
7 commodities here clear the desk’s floors — at least five filed years and a quarter of a million dollars of filed premium. Each carries its own band, so a reader can read the commodity they actually farm rather than the county average.
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.42Low end of the filed band
- 2.26Middle of the filed band
- 3.34High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (3.36)
- 10Years filed
- $9,550,185Premium filed
- $23,243,729Indemnity paid
- $58,098,819Liability insured
- 62,340Quantity planted
- 147,733Quantity lost
- 937Policies
- 937Policies with a loss
- 2.43Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brooks County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $10,035,273 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,865,911 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $3,845,029 indemnity · 5 years
- Hurricane $1,665,344 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $1,110,992 indemnity · 8 years
- Tropical Storm $952,970 indemnity · 1 years
Peanuts 10 years filed
- 2.40Low end of the filed band
- 3.22Middle of the filed band
- 6.86High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (14.87)
- 10Years filed
- $2,169,966Premium filed
- $6,023,814Indemnity paid
- $13,999,117Liability insured
- 10,218Quantity planted
- 8,827Quantity lost
- 295Policies
- 295Policies with a loss
- 2.78Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brooks County
- Hurricane $2,010,747 indemnity · 1 years
- Tropical Storm $1,791,497 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $839,221 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $665,101 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $607,019 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $78,907 indemnity · 4 years
Pecans 10 years filed
- 1.67Low end of the filed band
- 2.83Middle of the filed band
- 6.41High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (8.81)
- 10Years filed
- $1,547,678Premium filed
- $4,374,550Indemnity paid
- $8,742,539Liability insured
- 24,699Quantity planted
- 6,791Quantity lost
- 138Policies
- 138Policies with a loss
- 2.83Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brooks County
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $1,215,377 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,120,377 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $898,298 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane $402,065 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $386,147 indemnity · 4 years
- Tropical Storm $175,942 indemnity · 1 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 2.08Low end of the filed band
- 4.00Middle of the filed band
- 6.52High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (7.04)
- 10Years filed
- $793,783Premium filed
- $2,739,233Indemnity paid
- $7,597,677Liability insured
- 13,598Quantity planted
- 11,192Quantity lost
- 204Policies
- 204Policies with a loss
- 3.45Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brooks County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $719,245 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane $512,400 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $476,851 indemnity · 8 years
- Tropical Storm $341,822 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $282,305 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $277,480 indemnity · 4 years
Corn 8 years filed
- 1.71Low end of the filed band
- 2.77Middle of the filed band
- 6.31High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (6.31)
- 8Years filed
- $490,747Premium filed
- $2,024,408Indemnity paid
- $4,576,720Liability insured
- 3,560Quantity planted
- 2,858Quantity lost
- 66Policies
- 66Policies with a loss
- 4.13Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brooks County
- Hurricane $1,273,016 indemnity · 1 years
- Tropical Storm $295,680 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $183,151 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $133,454 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $54,218 indemnity · 5 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $47,219 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 8 years filed
- 0.83Low end of the filed band
- 2.64Middle of the filed band
- 4.67High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (4.67)
- 8Years filed
- $406,637Premium filed
- $1,174,326Indemnity paid
- $1,955,523Liability insured
- 10,367Quantity planted
- 10,367Quantity lost
- 58Policies
- 58Policies with a loss
- 2.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brooks County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $787,396 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $294,767 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $56,553 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Winter $21,714 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $7,954 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $3,251 indemnity · 1 years
All Other Crops 9 years filed
- 0.60Low end of the filed band
- 1.12Middle of the filed band
- 1.58High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (1.58)
- 9Years filed
- $345,561Premium filed
- $370,586Indemnity paid
- $718,614Liability insured
- 819Quantity planted
- 681Quantity lost
- 32Policies
- 32Policies with a loss
- 1.07Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brooks County
- Freeze $120,012 indemnity · 5 years
- Frost $114,325 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $78,493 indemnity · 1 years
- Insufficient Chilling Hours $29,167 indemnity · 1 years
- Tropical Storm $10,685 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane $10,680 indemnity · 1 years
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Figures from the federal source files: EPA’s ECHO downloads, CMS provider files and the FMCSA census.
County cause-of-loss figures from the USDA Risk Management Agency’s Cause of Loss Summary of Business, county files, filed by the agency as a United States Government work. The loss ratio is the agency’s own published column: indemnity divided by premium, re-derived at the summed county-crop grain.